Monday, August 27, 2012

Governor Palin is not in Tampa at the Republican National Convention, but she is out working hard for candidates, as she said she would be. Tonight, she was in Arizona with Kirk Adams and took a break to talk to Sean Hannity. Via SarahNET:

Sarah Palin spent the first day of the Republican National Convention serving baked beans and sliders at a barbecue joint here, in a last-minute campaign stop for Kirk Adams, a former state legislator who is vying for the Republican nomination in Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District race.

Not that it mattered why she was visiting.

“I don’t know who this Kirk person is,” said Jessica Flowers Cuff, 31, who lives in Gilbert. “It’s my day off; I wanted to see Sarah.”

Ms. Palin picked the location: Joe’s Farm Grill, which serves grilled American grub not far from an interstate highway. She had seen it featured on the Food Network series “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” said one of its owners, Tim Peelen.

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Ms. Palin walked onto the stage to Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman,” and fired up the crowd by saying, “This election, folks, is not just about replacing the party that’s in power. It’s about who and what we’ll replace it with.”

Ms. Palin has been fairly successful in her endorsements, which usually cut against the choices of the Republican Party establishment to support many of the same insurgent candidates embraced by her adoring base.

For Mr. Adams, her visit was “a huge deal,” and could not have come at a better time: a day before the state’s primaries.